Online transfer of records: registering and downloading records

How to register

To access the record transfer service, you need an identifier in order to set up an account. To obtain an identifier, fill in the formulaire en ligne. Once approved by BnF, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. This e-mail contains the following:

your identifier (in the form of a number)

details of BnF’s FTP server, from where records can be downloaded

In addition to this registrant identifier assigned by the Coordination of Bibliographic Products and Services, you must also create an accountand select a password, when connecting to the catalogue général de la BnF for the first time. Both identifier and password will be required each time you open a new session.